Take Two: How I've come to own a firearm - Page 2

jakk280rem · November 5, 2009, 01:21 AM

none of the above. one weekend about 5 years ago, i was out and about on a sunday. happened by a gsip and decided to take a stroll. bought my first gun there. an feg pa-63. it has been a very busy time since. i've averaged about 5 new guns a year and still havn't gotten around to an ak or ar.

ByAnyMeans · November 5, 2009, 01:24 AM

I voted non-hunter from liberal area. I always owned shotguns and grew up shooting skeet. Given our area my dad figured a shotgun with long and short barrels was all he needed given the right ammo stockpiled.

When I moved to PA I bought an AK for many reasons but when people ask about my guns it is the first I mention in my little collection. I want to piss of the anti's and open up a discussion with anyone "uninformed" or a fence-sitter.

I'm also a non-hunter only until I can find someone to take me so hopefully that will change soon.

ILikeLead · November 5, 2009, 01:41 AM

Quote from Jimmy K "WAS implies past ......how about AM
I grew up in the Conservative South, I am a hunter and yes I watch FOX News!
Jimmy K "

Ditto, except my name is not Jimmy K.

TexasBill · November 5, 2009, 01:43 AM

None of the answers fit me so I didn't vote.

Don't own an AK/AR (have owned an AR in the past) and didn't start hunting until after I bought my first gun.

I bought my first gun the day I was legally able to buy one because I like guns and have since I was a little boy.

I do own an EBR (Beretta CX4 carbine) and two EBPs (Beretta PX4 Storm and FNH FNP-9). I am from a somewhat liberal metro area (Harris County went for Obama, as did almost all of Texas' major cities). I didn't buy the black guns to piss off anyone; I don't insist anyone like guns as long as they don't interfere with my enjoying them.

Average Joe · November 5, 2009, 08:29 PM

none of the above.

David E · November 6, 2009, 12:23 AM

Quote:

i've averaged about 5 new guns a year and still havn't gotten around to an ak or ar.

Dally too long and you won't be able to.

dec41971 · November 6, 2009, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ltp0wer

Yeah, add me to the odd choices group.

I am in between
I'm non-hunter from a mostly liberal metro area. I bought the most evil gun allowed for fun & SD
and
My only firearm is a handgun for self defense. Or a shotgun for self-defense.

But I don't really apply to the first one because I don't have what is typically considered an "evil gun".
I don't apply to the second because, although I do have a handgun and a mossy 500, I also have a mosin nagant that I bought for fun.

I am with Ltp0wer.

Badlander · November 6, 2009, 07:16 PM

I don't remember A time without guns.

thorazine · November 6, 2009, 08:31 PM

Quote:

I'm going to try this again. i didn't realize you can have more than 4 options in your poll.

Where is the because guns look cool option?!

happygeek · November 6, 2009, 08:38 PM

Where's the "played Call of Duty WAY too much and ended up wanting a M1 Garand and a M1911" option? Honest to God, playing Call of Duty World at War made me want a 1911, which was the first gun I bought. But I didn't really get into guns until I got my first rifle, a M1A. I got the Garand later

the_right_reverend · November 7, 2009, 07:49 AM

I was raised in the sandhill of western Nebraska on a large ranch called the Snyder Cattle Company........ I was the only kid in six miles

Being only 8 years old (1962) my first job was gopher and ground squirrel control

so the boss man bought me a Remington 572 FieldMaster .22

FROGO207 · November 8, 2009, 09:55 AM

Started with my Gramps M1 carbine as a 4 YO.I have many dozens of firearms, I hunt, I target shoot, I own full auto, I reload, but don't own Either an AK or AR. I don't fit in the poll however.

BTW I have several (read lots more than a dozen) firearms that utilize 7.62x39 or 223/5.56 NATO ammo however.

JImbothefiveth · November 8, 2009, 09:59 AM

None of the above. I don't own an AR or the like (though I highly oppose an AWB), and didn't grow up in a hunting family. I live in a somewhat liberal area

but it's not a metro area

22-rimfire · November 8, 2009, 10:05 AM

Seems you think most everyone owns AR type rifles and mostly interested in self defense or tactical applications. None of the above for me.

Deanimator · November 8, 2009, 10:25 AM

I'm only a VERY occasional hunter (twice in thirty years).

I bought an AR15 after I got death threats from neo-Nazis in usenet. I wanted something accurate with a large magazine capacity. I bought a used lower and 20" and 16" A2 uppers and assembled them. I mostly keep the 16" upper on.

bob1st · November 8, 2009, 07:17 PM

I fall into the DNA category also. I don't think Texas qualifies as liberal. I've lived in E. TX. since 1960, the age of 6 when my mother moved us back to her home with my grand parents. My grandfather got his family thru the depression with a commercial trapping and fishing license, so needless to say I hunt. I bought my first .22 at age 12 with money I saved up mowing yards, the gun shop owner let me test fire it out the back door of his shop on Hwy 80, down town Longview. Although I don't have a AK or M16 I do have a SKS in a black plastic stock with a 20 rnd mag. Stripper clips work good to keep it topped off. It is only one of several fire arms I own hand guns, rifles and shot guns.

Bob

wrs840 · November 8, 2009, 07:35 PM

I'm in a rural gun-friendly area, been shooting since a kid, not much of a hunter, nothing against it, just don't do it much... I suspect because I'm not patient enough to be a really-good hunter.

I bought an AK47 because it's a historically significant firearm, and fun to shoot.

Les

2TransAms · November 8, 2009, 10:16 PM

Odd choices. Basically I've been fascinated by firearms my whole life, and I have and shoot them because I can.

And I don't hunt either.

kludge · November 9, 2009, 02:31 PM

wow. this poll fits me less than the first one.

View Poll Results: How did You come to own a firearm
I own an AK47/AR15. I was originally a hunter/grew up around hunting	52	27.23%
I DO NOT own an AK47/AR15. I am originally a hunter/grew up around hunting	25	13.09%
I own an AK/AR15. I don't hunt. It's mostly for self defense or just for fun	62	32.46%
I'm non-hunter from a mostly liberal metro area. I bought the most evil gun allowed for fun & SD	19	9.95%
I'm hunter from a mostly liberal metro area. I bought the most evil gun allowed for fun or SD	2	1.05%
My only firearm is a handgun for self defense. Or a shotgun for self-defense.	19	9.95%
I was turned on to firearms because I'm military/law enforcement	12	6.28%
Voters: 191. You may not vote on this poll

November 5, 2009, 01:21 AM	#26
jakk280rem Member Join Date: February 12, 2007 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 502	none of the above. one weekend about 5 years ago, i was out and about on a sunday. happened by a gsip and decided to take a stroll. bought my first gun there. an feg pa-63. it has been a very busy time since. i've averaged about 5 new guns a year and still havn't gotten around to an ak or ar. __________________ "We are all of us carried along by a fiery zeal to recover our liberty; our arms cannot be wrested from our hands." - Cicero

November 5, 2009, 01:43 AM	#29
TexasBill Member Join Date: June 26, 2009 Location: Texas Gulf Coast Posts: 93	None of the answers fit me so I didn't vote. Don't own an AK/AR (have owned an AR in the past) and didn't start hunting until after I bought my first gun. I bought my first gun the day I was legally able to buy one because I like guns and have since I was a little boy. I do own an EBR (Beretta CX4 carbine) and two EBPs (Beretta PX4 Storm and FNH FNP-9). I am from a somewhat liberal metro area (Harris County went for Obama, as did almost all of Texas' major cities). I didn't buy the black guns to piss off anyone; I don't insist anyone like guns as long as they don't interfere with my enjoying them. __________________ “The world is filled with violence. Because criminals carry guns, we decent law-abiding citizens should also have guns. Otherwise they will win and the decent people will lose.” - James Earl Jones

November 7, 2009, 07:49 AM	#36
the_right_reverend Member Join Date: March 14, 2008 Location: Sneads Ferry, Nc Posts: 115	I was raised in the sandhill of western Nebraska on a large ranch called the Snyder Cattle Company........ I was the only kid in six miles Being only 8 years old (1962) my first job was gopher and ground squirrel control so the boss man bought me a Remington 572 FieldMaster .22 __________________ THE OLDER WE GET, THE BETTER WE USED TO BE!!

November 8, 2009, 09:55 AM	#37
FROGO207 Member Join Date: December 7, 2008 Location: Mount Desert Island Maine Posts: 399	Started with my Gramps M1 carbine as a 4 YO.I have many dozens of firearms, I hunt, I target shoot, I own full auto, I reload, but don't own Either an AK or AR. I don't fit in the poll however. BTW I have several (read lots more than a dozen) firearms that utilize 7.62x39 or 223/5.56 NATO ammo however. __________________ The west was not won with a registered gun!! Don't let our government make us into outlaws.

November 5, 2009, 01:24 AM	#27
ByAnyMeans Member Join Date: March 27, 2008 Location: Queens, NY Posts: 534	I voted non-hunter from liberal area. I always owned shotguns and grew up shooting skeet. Given our area my dad figured a shotgun with long and short barrels was all he needed given the right ammo stockpiled. When I moved to PA I bought an AK for many reasons but when people ask about my guns it is the first I mention in my little collection. I want to piss of the anti's and open up a discussion with anyone "uninformed" or a fence-sitter. I'm also a non-hunter only until I can find someone to take me so hopefully that will change soon.

November 5, 2009, 01:41 AM	#28
ILikeLead Member Join Date: May 18, 2009 Location: Arkansaw Ozarks Posts: 28	Quote from Jimmy K "WAS implies past ......how about AM I grew up in the Conservative South, I am a hunter and yes I watch FOX News! Jimmy K " Ditto, except my name is not Jimmy K.

November 5, 2009, 08:29 PM	#30
Average Joe Member Join Date: August 29, 2005 Location: Easton, PA Posts: 675	none of the above.

November 6, 2009, 07:16 PM	#33
Badlander Member Join Date: March 14, 2008 Location: South Florida Posts: 223	I don't remember A time without guns.

November 6, 2009, 08:38 PM	#35
happygeek Member Join Date: April 13, 2009 Posts: 214	Where's the "played Call of Duty WAY too much and ended up wanting a M1 Garand and a M1911" option? Honest to God, playing Call of Duty World at War made me want a 1911, which was the first gun I bought. But I didn't really get into guns until I got my first rifle, a M1A. I got the Garand later

November 8, 2009, 10:05 AM	#39
22-rimfire Member Join Date: June 11, 2005 Location: TN Posts: 5,118	Seems you think most everyone owns AR type rifles and mostly interested in self defense or tactical applications. None of the above for me.

November 8, 2009, 10:25 AM	#40
Deanimator Member Join Date: March 30, 2006 Location: Rocky River, Ohio Posts: 6,252	I'm only a VERY occasional hunter (twice in thirty years). I bought an AR15 after I got death threats from neo-Nazis in usenet. I wanted something accurate with a large magazine capacity. I bought a used lower and 20" and 16" A2 uppers and assembled them. I mostly keep the 16" upper on. __________________ Gun control, the theory that 110lb. women have the "right" to fistfight with 210lb. rapists.

November 8, 2009, 07:17 PM	#41
bob1st Member Join Date: September 20, 2009 Location: E. Texas Posts: 3	I fall into the DNA category also. I don't think Texas qualifies as liberal. I've lived in E. TX. since 1960, the age of 6 when my mother moved us back to her home with my grand parents. My grandfather got his family thru the depression with a commercial trapping and fishing license, so needless to say I hunt. I bought my first .22 at age 12 with money I saved up mowing yards, the gun shop owner let me test fire it out the back door of his shop on Hwy 80, down town Longview. Although I don't have a AK or M16 I do have a SKS in a black plastic stock with a 20 rnd mag. Stripper clips work good to keep it topped off. It is only one of several fire arms I own hand guns, rifles and shot guns. Bob

November 8, 2009, 07:35 PM	#42
wrs840 Member Join Date: October 18, 2008 Location: NW Piedmont NC Posts: 715	I'm in a rural gun-friendly area, been shooting since a kid, not much of a hunter, nothing against it, just don't do it much... I suspect because I'm not patient enough to be a really-good hunter. I bought an AK47 because it's a historically significant firearm, and fun to shoot. Les __________________ NRA Member. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers... against spiritual wickedness in high places. Public Service Bulletin: There's a reason they call it the "passing" lane, and not the "riding-right-next-to-somebody" lane.

November 8, 2009, 10:16 PM	#43
2TransAms Member Join Date: February 26, 2006 Location: Illinois,by St. Louis MO Posts: 787	Odd choices. Basically I've been fascinated by firearms my whole life, and I have and shoot them because I can. And I don't hunt either. __________________ I think Sam Colt did more to make men equal than any politician ever did. - Ranger335v A\|M\|M\|O\| - my Anti-Drug. 1911auto.org

November 9, 2009, 02:31 PM	#44
kludge Member Join Date: June 15, 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 1,346	wow. this poll fits me less than the first one.

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